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VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
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Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#622I am the person who approved this PR and would like to acknowledge and apologize for the mistake of turning this feature on by default without sufficient upfront validation. There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code. As folks mentioned here - many similar tools do this as well. Obviously, it should not be on…
Considering the size (and significance) of the VSCode user base, it feels like someone should be in charge of ensuring that default behavior doesn't change without good reason.
Does anyone (or any team) have ownership of the extensions/git/package.json file?
Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#623One fascinating thing about the whole AI phenomenon is how incredibly hostile it is to _standards_. Whether something works properly, or is ethical, or is true, no longer matters at all; all that matters is "pls use our AI". Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. And it's not just them. There was a time that Google care…
The industry spent decades preaching us about power savings, with Microsoft settings application lecturing about power saves and the update app programming them on renewables peak, only for... wasting gigawatts by forcing us to have copilot everywhere. If Microsoft were consistent, which isn't, power saving mode would disable AI features.
They asked developers to help them improve windows battery life on laptops, competing against chromebooks and macbooks.
The AI gigawatts are all in data centers.
They never cared for the environment (in this way, at least).
Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#624One fascinating thing about the whole AI phenomenon is how incredibly hostile it is to _standards_. Whether something works properly, or is ethical, or is true, no longer matters at all; all that matters is "pls use our AI". Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. And it's not just them. There was a time that Google care…
The pile of money they set on fire is still burning and they are desperate to get returns before it burns out
Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#625Left with no choice but to add "co-authored with man + ansible-doc" to everything now
Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#626Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hard to blame the engineer when the engineer gets fired for not implementing management's whims. As much as I'd like to hold people accountable and say they should just accept getting fired instead of compromising the ideals, the truth is I've got a family now and if they paid me enough I'd do the same.
The torment nexus was built by engineers. Not management. It couldn't exist without engineers.
Only because murdering your project manager for terrible ideas is illegal
Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#627Earlier quoted context omitted.
I just wanted to say, while I think this feature was a bad idea, I sincerely applaud your willingness to post here, knowing you'll get roasted. Seriously brave and commendable.
They pretended to be fronting up but didn’t respond to anything after that. Doesn’t seem very commendable to me.
Someone made a mistake, owned up to it and fixed it. No one is entitled to more than that for a free software.
Anyone with a bit of software experience knows it’s easy to miss things when you are doing your own tasks + context switching + giving reviews. We should exercise kindness and empathy instead of projecting evil intentions.
Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#628I am the person who approved this PR and would like to acknowledge and apologize for the mistake of turning this feature on by default without sufficient upfront validation. There was no ill intent by evil corporation, but rather a desire to support functionality that some customers expect of VS Code w.r.t. AI-generated code. As folks mentioned here - many similar tools do this as well. Obviously, it should not be on…
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Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#629Earlier quoted context omitted.
It is the middle of the night and I am responding. Anything specific you'd like me to respond to?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992568 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47992475
First comment does not sound constructive - are you interested in my opinion on (n)vim?
I am not a legal, so can't comment on legal things. However, I have already responded elsewhere here that this feature has nothing to do with licensing or ownership and was added for those that want the attribution. I understand the desire to see anything Microsoft as bad and evil, but we are really just trying to make a better experience.
I'll respond to the third one, thanks!
Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage
#630Earlier quoted context omitted.
If i remember chrome:// used to have special meaning in Firefox (and probably well before that), and was used to tweak UI settings. I always assumed this was where Google took the name from.
Chrome is a now-somewhat-archaic term for GUI (or specifically the actual elements of the GUI, not the concept), and Netscape/Mozilla did use the term a lot. Google claims that their browser is called Chrome because of an association with fast cars (presumably Google was keen to market it to extremely old people, chrome not having been a particularly big thing in cars for a very long time).
> (presumably Google was keen to market it to extremely old people, chrome not having been a particularly big thing in cars for a very long time).
Not wanting to admit term was taken from competing browser is perfectly fine explanation